Today’s Thought “Blessed and Highly Favored?” G. Ward

Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Holy God is the supreme, absolute Ruler over all creation, possessing the power and authority to ordain, allow, and direct all events—past, present, and future—according to His perfect will, wisdom, and purposes and nothing happens outside his knowledge or permission.

We’ve mostly been instructed to believe that when we’ll rely on everything we regard as a blessing it’s also our Lord’s consideration and whereas our double-mindedness can echo a sentiment of “He knows what’s best for me,” our trust is marginalized by desperate ploys to have it our way. Moreover, we’ll forget history, by considering this generation as more blessed than prior ones who struggled daily to keep food on the table, along with many other countries yet in that same struggle of old. Is God still loving the world – to have provided our Blessed Redeemer? Is HE still the same as yesterday, today and forever (He.13:8)? And finally, have we been so obedient to absolutely hear HIS “yes” to all we perceive we need? Psalm 37:4, "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart," means that when we align our personal desires with God's will/HIS Word, even prioritizing God receive all the glory, HE transforms a person's heart to want what He wants.

Father God, we welcome Your changing us in theory, but fall short in the practice thereunto. Yet, in our spiritual minds we love the intimacy You’ve given through Christ; it’s therefore, we pray on behalf of all reading this discourse to consider the love You have for them to supremely perceive Your will as precedent, according to Your Word and through Jesus, Amen.